Sansho the Bailiff
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Set in 11th century Japan, the film focuses on a mother who sets off
with her two children to find her husband, a former deputy governor,
who has been in exile. The family is broken up by a priestess who
sells all three to kidnappers, and after many hardships, one of the
sons becomes the governor once under Sansho's brutal rule. "Mizoguchi
has created a powerful work with strong humanistic overtones. Focusing
on the influence the two women in the story have on the hero, the film
alternates the idyllic atmosphere of some scenes with the violent
cruelty of others" (Georges Sadoul). Japanese with English subtitles.